Red-tailed Hawk – 5/7/26

Observer: Paul Lauenstein

Observation Date: 5/5/26

Observation Time: 11:10 a.m.

Observation Location: Moose Hill Audubon Wildlife Sanctuary

Common Name: Red-tailed Hawk

Scientific Name: Buteo jamaicensis

Comments: The oldest known wild Red-tailed Hawk was at least 30 years, 8 months old when it was found in Michigan in 2011, the same state where it had been banded in 1981.

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